Tension device for fence-wires



Patented may 9, I899.

/NVENTO/?' J. C. BARNES. TENSION DEVICE FOR FENCE WIRES.

(Apphcatxon filed. Sept 6, 1898 THE Nonms wzrzns ca, mom-urnsWASHINGTON, u. c,

(No Model.)

WITNESSES:

UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.

JOSEPH CLINTON BARNES, OF SUMMIT, MISSISSIPPI.

TENSION DEVICE FOR FENCE-WIRES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 624,730, dated May 9,1899.

Application filed September 6, 1898. Serial No. 690,291. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSEPH CLINTON BARNES, of Summit, in the county ofPike and State of Mississippi, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Tension Devices for Fence-Wires, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is toprovide a tension device for fence-wiresby means of which the wires will be firmly supported and held while thestays, which are usually placed between the posts, are twisted together.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thecharacter indicated which will be simple and inexpensive and which canbe quickly and readily applied to any fence.

The invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement ofparts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in theclaims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part ofthis specification, in which the figure is a perspective view of theimprovement applied to a fence in process of construction.

In the drawing, 10 are the fence-wires A, a post to which the wires aresecured by staples 11; 12, a short post to which the lowermostfence-wire is secured, and O the stays, which are to be twisted togetherbetween the several wires. These stays may be of any preferred form; butas shown they consist of a strip of wire 20, bent at one end to form ahook 19,

consists of arectangular frame having clamps 13 at its bottom, whichclamps are usually hook shaped and are adapted to pass over the top ofthe lowermost fence-wire, as shown.

second clamp 14., also in the nature of ahook, is made to engage withthe under face of the uppermost fence-wire 10, and the clamp 14 isattached to a chain 15, cable, or the like, said chain or cable beingconnected with a wind lass 16, mounted upon the aforesaid frame, theWindlass being operated through the medium of a crank 17. From the sidesof the frame project supporting-arms 18, upon which all of thefence-wires are made to rest.

By the above-described construction the fenc'e-wires-will beheld atproper distances apart while the stays O are being twisted to securethem to said fence-wires.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A tension device for fence-wires, comprising aframe having supports projecting from its sides and upon which the wiresrest, a clamp on thebottom of the frame for engaging-the bottom wire,and means carried by the top of the frame for engaging the top wire toexert a strain thereon, substantially as described.

2. A tension device for fence-wires, consisting of a frame having clampsadapted to bear downwardly upon the lowermost fencewire, supports forall the fence-wires, a wind* lass mounted upon the upper portion of theframe, and a clamp connected to the Windlass and adapted to exert upwardtension on the uppermost fence-wire, substantially as de= scribed. v

3. A tension device for fence-wires, consisting of a frame provided withhooks on its bottom for engaging the bottom wire and with two sets oflaterally-projecting arms for supporting all the wires, a Windlassmounted on the frame, and a chain or cable secured to the Windlass andhaving a hook at its end for engaging the top wire, substantially as de-WVitnesses:

WESLEY E. OoLLINs, GEO. O. MCEWEN.

